Sneak through the gallery
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From: A Gallery of Faces
Cause minimal disturbances to the volumes sleeping here.
Game Instructions: This will always increase Noises in the Library, but success can grant greater-than-usual progress.
Challenge information
- 144 - very chancy (41%)
- 179 - chancy (51%)
- 214 - modest (61%)
- 249 - very modest (71%)
- 284 - low-risk (81%)
- 319 - straightforward (91%)
- 350 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Watchful volumes
Most of the volumes are […] squashed against a neighbour's […]
It is the ones facing outwards […] Wild eyes, stretched ovoid by their bindings, and lips pulled taut over vast covers. There is no hiding from them.[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Shadowy is increasing…
Noises in the Library is increasing… (+1-2 CP)
You've gained 5 x Perusing the Stacks (if 
In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
You've gained 5 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
Rare Success
Watchful volumes
Most of the volumes are […] squashed against a neighbour […]
It is the ones facing outwards […] There is no hiding from them. […]
Backing away from their creaking cries, you stumble into an overlooked side passage. The Apostate stifles a laugh. "Quickly!"[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- Shadowy is increasing…
- Noises in the Library is increasing… (+1 CP)
You've gained 1 x Acquaintance: The Graven Apostate (up to 3)- You've gained 10 x Perusing the Stacks (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
- You've gained 10 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
Failure
Screaming stories
Your footfall lands a little too loudly, echoing through the stacks. The volumes around you keen and cry, their mouths distorted by their bindings, words mangled by their boneless shapes. Move on, quickly; the wardens approach.
- Shadowy is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Perusing the Stacks (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
- You've gained 1 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
- Noises in the Library is increasing… (+1 CP)
